What can your cheap knife do?

I'm all for beaters. The thing is, I treat almost all my knives as beaters. I don't really use any cheapo knives anymore. I could, but why would I when I have much more capable knives at the ready?

The bottom line is this folks: enjoy your chit and use it. No matter the price. If you bought it, you bought it for a reason. Use the sucker. If you don't, all that'll happen is your relatives will sell it for 5 bucks at a garage sale after you're gone.

If you have a $20 knife in one pocket, and a $150 one in the other, and always use the $20 special, why'd you buy the $150 knife?
 
traumkommode said:
Get super sharp, cut things possibly easier than any other knife I've owned because the blade is full height hollow ground so thin, and be fantastic in general.
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^ Case closed! Or halfway open, as the "Case" may be. Great knife. :thumbup:
 
Bobadilla004 said:
What can your cheap knife do? ... I mean knives under 45 dollars.
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I'm 47 and have carried a knife daily since I was, I don't know, 9 or 10 years old. The VAST majority of those cost less than $45. So, I guess the answer is: Keep mnblade fat and happy. :D
 
By the time you're spending $200 on knives, you're not buying them because they're ten times as good at cutting things as the $20 knife; you're buying them for aesthetics, or because the blade's made of the latest supersteel, or what have you. When you're spending $2k on a knife, it's because it's shiny.

I won't begrudge anyone for buying fancy knives—I've certainly done it more than once—but when you do the cost-benefit analysis, they'll all do what you want at least 99% of the time. The higher in price you go, the smaller that difference tends to be.
 
My EDC of choice are generally my S&W's or my Kershaws all under $50. They get the job done. Sharp is sharp. Haven't chiped a blade yet :)
 
AntDog said:
If you have a $20 knife in one pocket, and a $150 one in the other, and always use the $20 special, why'd you buy the $150 knife?
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Because some of us have this little voice inside our head that overrides all logic and reasoning. Sure, you tell yourself,"Oh I'll definitely use the crap out of this knife," as you stare down the price tag, but the raw beauty of the thing magically draws your wallet of your pocket and your possessed finger clicks "buy." Then it shows up in the mail, all pretty and such, and that satin finish just gets you. Oh and the carbon fiber? You could rotate the knife in the light and watch the shimmering fibers all day. "Sure, Im gonna carry this knife and use it!" Then that zip tie is staring you down, and it looks like its a stubborn one. You're gonna have to get that tip in there and wiggle and cut and slice to get that bad boy done. You pull out that brand new knife, flick it open, see that brand new shiny satin blade staring you down again. Suddenly a flash for a half second appears in your corrupted brain of a large scratch that scars your beautiful satin finish! And that's the point where you realize that you're sure glad you have this rat 1 to take care of that, because boy, It'd be tough sledding trying to bite that zip tie off! Lol.
 
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